The Issue

Issue The Issue

The school funding system is broken & grossly unequal. 85% of private schools get more public funding than public schools. We have one of the most unequal education systems in the world.

2018 should have been a year of celebration for our schools. The start of the biggest investment in schools in decades. Needs-based funding started in 2014 after the independent “Gonski review” warned too many children were missing out due to lack of resources. These reforms were delivering:

Smaller class sizes.

More specialist teachers in areas such as literacy and numeracy.

More help for students with disabilities or behavioural problems.

And those in danger of dropping out.

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